On This Day
639 – Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace.
Ashina Jiesheshuai (simplified Chinese: 阿史那结社率; traditional Chinese: 阿史那結社率; pinyin: Ashǐnà Jiēshèshuai; Wade–Giles: Ashihna Chieh-she-shuai;[1][2][3][4] Middle Chinese (Guangyun) pronunciation: [ʔɑʃi̯ə˥nɑ˩ kiet.ʑi̯a˥ʃi̯ue̯t]; died 19 May 639) was a member of the Ashina clan of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate and general (Zhonglangjiang) of the Tang dynasty.[3]
491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed Augusta is able to choose her successor for the Byzantine throne, after Zeno (late emperor) dies of dysentery.
Aelia Ariadne (Greek: Ἀριάδνη) (c. 450 – 515) was Eastern Roman empress as the wife of Zeno and Anastasius I. She is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, with her feast day falling on August 22.
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Born On This Day
1400 – John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton, English soldier and politician (d. 1462)[11]
John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton (19 May 1400 – 25 November 1462) of Stourton, Wiltshire, was an English soldier and politician, elevated to the peerage in 1448.
1315 – Bonne of Luxembourg, first wife of John II of France (d. 1349)
Bonne of Luxemburg or Jutta of Luxemburg (20 May 1315 – 11 September 1349), was born Jutta (Judith), the second daughter of King John of Bohemia,[1] and his first wife, Elisabeth of Bohemia.[2] She was the first wife of King John II of France; however, as she died a year prior to his accession, she was never a French queen. Jutta was referred to in French historiography as Bonne de Luxembourg, since she was a member of the House of Luxembourg. Among her children were Charles V of France, Philip II, Duke of Burgundy, and Joan, Queen of Navarre.
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By Mark Osborne, ABC News: Jim Brown, legendary NFL running back and civil rights pioneer, dead at 87 Jim Brown was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971.
James Nathaniel Brown (February 17, 1936 – May 18, 2023) was an American football fullback, civil rights activist, and actor. He played for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) from 1957 through 1965. Considered to be one of the greatest running backs of all time, as well as one of the greatest players in NFL history,[1] Brown was a Pro Bowl invitee every season he was in the league, was recognized as the AP NFL Most Valuable Player three times, and won an NFL championship with the Browns in 1964. He led the league in rushing yards in eight out of his nine seasons, and by the time he retired, he held most major rushing records. In 2002, he was named by The Sporting News as the greatest professional football player ever.[2]
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By Dwight Garner, The New York Times: Martin Amis, Acclaimed Author of Bleakly Comic Novels, Dies at 73 In books like “Money” and “The Information,” he created “a high style to describe low things,” as he put it. He found more renown as a critic, and a measure of unease as his famous father’s son.
Martin Louis Amis (25 August 1949 – 19 May 2023)[1] was a British novelist, essayist, memoirist, and screenwriter. He was best known for his novels Money (1984) and London Fields (1989). He received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his memoir Experience and was twice listed for the Booker Prize (shortlisted in 1991 for Time’s Arrow and longlisted in 2003 for Yellow Dog). Amis served as the Professor of Creative Writing at the Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester until 2011.[2] In 2008, The Times named him one of the fifty greatest British writers since 1945.[3]
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By Rebecca Rosenberg , Ashley Papa, Fox News: Kid Rock a top donor to Daniel Penny’s defense in NYC subway chokehold death Penny’s GiveSendGo campaign is No. 2 performer ever for crowdfunding site
By Natasha Frost, Atlas Obscura: The Forgotten History of New York’s Bagel Famines Remembering Local 338 and the world’s toughest bagel bakers.
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By Rachel Dolfi, The Kitchn: I Tried the Viral 1905 Salad and It’s My New Favorite Make-Ahead Lunch
By Lena Abraham, The Kitchn: I Tried Dolly Parton’s 5-Layer Casserole Dinner Recipe, and It’s the Shortcut Dinner I’ve Been Missing
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- Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for November 24 November 24, 2024Picture of the day The Scroll of Eighty-Seven Immortals, drawn by an unknown painter, measuring 30cm high and 292cm wide, is a line-drawing Chinese figure painting. Drawn on a long silk scroll with lines, the painting depicts 87 taoist immortals, including three supreme gods with halo, ten divine generals, seven deities and 67 celestial maidens […]
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